PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

Ireland · Law · Public

2007/10

Prisons Act 2007

enactedIreland· Seanad Éireann· EN

Introduced

13 February 2006

Last action

Status

Enacted

Sponsors

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

13 April 2018

Official titles

Authentic titles published by the source. The stored canonical title is not replaced.

1 official language
  • Irish

    Acht na bPríosún, 2007

Summary

Act to enable the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to enter into agreements for the provision of services relating to the escort of prisoners by persons other than prison officers; to provide for the conduct of inquiries by governors of prisons into alleged breaches of discipline by prisoners, for the sanctions that may be imposed after such inquiries and for the establishment of appeal tribunals to hear appeals against forfeitures so imposed of remission of portion of sentences; to enable special requirements to be provided for in relation to the construction or extension of prisons and other places of detention, including approval thereof by resolution of each House of the Oireachtas and confirmation by Act of the Oireachtas of the resolution; to provide for the appointment of an inspector of prisons; to provide for the giving of evidence by prisoners in certain types of proceedings before the courts by live television link; to amend and repeal certain enactments in relation to prisons and prisoners and to provide for matters connected therewith

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

8 official files

Prisons Act 2007

View fileDownload file

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.